WME Signs 'Nowhere Boy' Director Sam Taylor-Wood

WME has signed Sam Taylor-Wood, the British photographer/conceptual artist who made her feature directing debut on Nowhere Boy, the BAFTA-nominated film about the childhood of Beatles frontman John Lennon. The Weinstein Co will release the film October 8 in the U.S. Taylor-Wood had been repped by UTA.

Taylor-Wood went from still photography to moving film with Love You More, the short film written by Patrick Marber and produced by Anthony Minghella.